Indian River County

Capt. Glyn Austin of Sebastian Inshore Fishing and Going Coastal Charters out of Palm Bay said there is plenty of action inside the inlet. Catches include standard winter fishing fare like bluefish, Spanish mackerel, jacks, sheepshead, black drum and more bluefish. Anglers fishing along the surf zone are catching a few pompano. For the drum and sheepshead, fish shrimp or cut bait. For the bluefish, throw spoons and jigs. The lakes are producing catches of nice sized bass. Paddlers who want to explore Headwaters Lake will find the hydrilla is subsiding a bit and spots are "opening" up for bass fishing. Fish to 5 pounds can be caught on worms and flukes, and topwater like the D.O.A. PT-7.

St. Lucie County

Snook, redfish and trout are the main targets on the flats and around the mangrove shorelines north of the inlet. Fish are taking live shrimp on popping cork, artificial shrimp, jerk baits and gold spoons. High tides have the fish up in the mangrove roots, so fish the last half of the falling tide to get bites. In the channel and around the spoil islands, pompano, bluefish, ladyfish and jacks are being caught on jigs and spoons. Wade fishermen are finding good catches of trout, redfish and snook around dock pilings and drop-offs.

Martin County

Luke Harrigan, 10, a fifth grader at Hobe Sound Elementary, enjoyed a Dec. 9 fishing trip on the Indian River Lagoon with Capt. Giles Murphy of Stuart Angler. He and his dad Bill Harrigan enjoyed catching snook while fishing with a variety of offerings. Snook fishing continues to be very good throughout the area, although beginning Saturday, it will be completely catch and release until Feb. 1 in state waters. Bluefish, Spanish mackerel, jacks, tripletail, ladyfish, black drum and sheepshead are all being caught in the lagoon and St. Lucie River, mostly on clams, shrimp and cut bait offshore, the dolphin bite is still worth checking on in 120 to 200 feet of water. Bonito, blackfin tuna, sailfish and wahoo can also be caught in that zone by trollers.

Lake Okeechobee

Capt. Nate Shellen of Okeechobeebassfishing.com said Kevin and Jeff Juday of Indianapolis caught and released 42 bass in a half-day trip while fishing with six dozen shiners earlier in the week. Shellen said the north shore of the lake has been the best zone to fish.

Editor's note: The fishing report in print and online editions of TCPalm and Treasure Coast Newspapers now runs on Tuesday and Friday. Send fishing reports and photos to Ed Killer at ed.killer@tcpalm.com and follow him on social media at @tcpalmekiller on Twitter and Instagram, or Ed Killer on Facebook.